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Islamic Online bookstore/bookclub. Bismillah. The need:
Muslim teenagers are struggling on two levels - being a Muslim and a teenager! Tired of wearing the masks?

Muslim teen reads is an online book store and book club for teenagers interested in reading and connecting with likeminded Muslim teens across the world. We at Muslim teen reads are committed to bringing Islamic fiction and Non fiction to the Muslim teenagers both young and old. We are here to celebrate our much loved and committed Muslim writers, foster reading in teenagers and most importantly

use the fictional characters to motivate and encourage young Muslims to aspire to be the best they can be. www.muslimteenreads.com
We have a strong and dedicated team who help moderate book reviews, chat postings and forums. And there has never been a better moment than now to address the issues facing them - from peer pressure to identity issues. We can not hide from the fact that the Muslim teenager like any other ,wants an answer to the everyday conflicts he/she is experiencing, a quick lasting one. Our aim is to respond to this need in a relaxed, informal and non-preachy manner - by encouraging them to read worthwhile books more. Muslim writers are doing a great job bringing fictions which addresses real issues and are informative, educative, inspirational and above all Islamic. This initiative is as a result of a light bulb moment by Umm Aliya, who is an ardent book lover and a youth co-ordinator -who loves motivating youth to be comfortable in their skin, know who they are and aspire to be the best. How you can be part of this:

We have gone to great length to bring a variety of books to you. So, you can be part of the growth (success) of Muslim teen reads by patronising our online shop which stocks books for ages 9 - upwards
We understand that there are issues bothering the Muslim teens and their parents, that is why we have an in house Imam to answer your questions. This is confidential so feel free to ask the Imam any question. Tired of pretending to be who you are not? Muslim teen reads is here to support you and motivate you to be the best you can be. We want to be REAL with ourselves. So, sharing is important for this effort. We welcome parents/guardians and of course teenagers (remember this site is for you), so feel free to share reviews of the books, perspectives and opinions on the characters and other real issues.

15/06/2024

Laa ilaaha ill-Allah wahdahu laa shareeka lah, lahu’l-mulk wa lahu’l-hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer
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09/04/2024

🌙🌙*Suratul Mulk Verse 30*🌙🌙

❓❓**Question 7c: Who Else Can Help You ⁉️**❓❓

In the last 3 verses of this surah, the question would center on who the Helper is.

In verse 30 Allah says👇🏾

**“ Say: What do you think, if your water were to disappear under the ground, then who could bring you accessible water?*

In explanation to this verse, Sheikh as-Sa’di said 👇🏾

💡 ```Then Allah tells us that He alone bestows blessings, especially water from which Allah has created every living thing as He says:```

*“ Say: What do you think, if your water were to disappear under the ground, then who could bring you accessible water”* ```that you could drink and give your life stock, and with which you could irrigate your trees and crops?```

💡 ```This appears in the form of a question, what what is meant is negation; in other words, no one can do that except Allah (SWT).```

*Reference: Tafsir as-Sa’di*

In response to this verse, ibn Kathir says:👇🏾

*“ Say: What do you think, if your water were to disappear under the ground, then who could bring you accessible water?*

💡```To display how merciful He is to His creations, Allah says:```

*“ Say: What do you think, if your water were to be sunk away* ```meaning, If it were to be sent far down into the depths of the earth in a way that it became unattainable with iron axes nor strong arms ( i.e. with whatever of equipment available).

💡This is why Allah says:```

*“ who then can supply you with flowing ( spring) water?* ```i.e. gushing forth and overflowing on the surface of the earth. On other words, Allah alone is the One Who is able to do so. That is, out of His favour and grace, He lets spring gush forth for you and let it run to the various regions of the earth in an amount that is compatible to their need, be it little or plentiful. ```

💡So, *all the praise and thanks be to Allah*.

Reference: *Tafsir ibn Kathir*

✨🌟*Allah is Al-Hameed (The Praiseworthy)*🌟✨

🌺 *Al-Hameed is the One who is praised and is praiseworthy.*

🌺*He is the only One Who deserves each manner of thanks for His inherent qualities and not only for specific favours.*

🌟*Alhamdulillah is an exclusive praise*🌟

✔️*📌*Alhamdulillah* is said in our suratul Fatiha 17 times every day.

*Salah is exclusively for Allah!*

✔️The first word of Adam AS was Alhamdulillah❣️

✔️Alhamdulillah will be the last call of the people of Jannah.❣️

“ …And the last of their call will be. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alamin (Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the world”
Quran 10:10

“Whereas hamd means praise, the ‘al’ in al-hamd makes the praise definite and implies exclusivity. Al-hamd means all types of praise and every manner of thanks at all times is due to Allah ‘azza wa jall. Abu Ja`far bin Jarir said: The meaning of alhamdulillah is: all thanks are due purely to Allah, alone, not any of the objects that are being worshipped instead of Him, nor any of His creation.”[Tafseer ibn Katheer]

*Reference: understandquran.com*

💭*Reflection and Lessons*

📌 Allah has total control over all His creations

📌 Allah is the Protector and
Helper of the believers ‼️

📌 * Increase in saying Alhamdulillah while feeling it‼️

📌 Say Alhamdulillah whenever you are blessed.

The Prophet salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: No servant is blessed by Allah and says, alhamdulillah except that what he was given is better than that which he has himself acquired.
[Ibn Maajah]

📌 *Praise Allah in all conditions* ‼️

The Prophet salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: The affair of the believer is amazing. The whole of his life is beneficial, and that is only in the case of the believer. *When good times come to him, he is thankful and it is good for him, and when bad times befall him, he is patient and it is also good for him.* [Muslim]

📌Say alhamdulillah ‘alaa kulli haal– alhamdulillah in every case or situation!

🗣️**Alhamdulillah for completing the memorisation, commentary and reflections of Suratul Mulk **🌹🌹🌹

*Ramadan 2024*
*Suratul Mulk*

08/04/2024

🌙🌙*Suratul Mulk Verse 29*🌙🌙

❓❓**Question 7: Who Else Can Help You ⁉️**❓❓

In the last 3 verses of this surah, the question would center on who the Helper is.

In verse 29 Allah says👇🏾

**“ Say: He is the Most Gracious; we believe in Him and in Him, we put our trust. You will come to know who it is that is clearly misguided*

In explanation to this verse, Sheikh as-Sa’di said 👇🏾

💡 ```Among the things that they said was that they were guided and the Messenger(SAW) was misguided, and they kept repeating that over and over, arguing to prove that they were right and he was wrong.

Therefore, Allah instructed His Prophet(SAW) to tell them about his situation and that of his followers, so as to make it clear to everyone that they were guided and righteous. So they were to say```

*“ we believe in Him and Him we put our trust”*

💡```Belief includes both affirmation in the heart, which will have a positive impact on one’s emotions, and outwardly visible deeds.

Because carrying out deeds and perfecting them depends on putting one’s trust in Allah, Allah singles out trust from among other deeds, otherwise, it comes under the heading of faith, of which it is one of the essential parts, as Allah says elsewhere;```

*“And in Allah put your trust, if you are truly believers”*
Al-Maida, 5: 23

💡```As this was the attitude of the Messenger (SAW), and those who followed him, and it is the sound attitude that is necessary for success, and on which happiness depends, and the attitude of his enemies, was the opposite, because they had no faith, and did not put their trust in Allah, thus it is known who was following the true guidance and who had clearly gone astray.```

*Reference: Tafsir as-Sa’di*

✨🌟*Allah is Ar-Rahmaan*( The Most or Entirely Merciful )🌟✨

🌺 Ar-Rahmaan is the Bestower of Mercy upon all the creatures in this universe

🌺 He is the Owner of Mercy that encompasses His Creation.

🌺Ar-Rahmaan is the Most Gracious, the intensely Merciful

🌺 His intense and perfect Mercy embraces the whole creation.

❣️**The Mercy of Allah**❣️

🌻```The Prophet salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said:``` *Allah has divided mercy into 100 parts, and He retained with Him 99 parts, and sent down to earth one part. Through this one part creatures deal with one another with compassion, so much so that an animal lifts its hoof over its young lest it should hurt it.* [Al-Bukharee]

```Be amazed at the fact that the other 99 parts are yet to come and they are with Allah Himself. You will not enter Jannah because of your deeds, but by the rahmah of Allah only.```

🌻```The Prophet salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam also said, When Allah created the creatures, He wrote in the Book, which is with Him over His Throne:``` *Verily, My Mercy prevailed over My Wrath.* [Al-Bukharee]

Reference: understandquran.com

💭*Reflection and Lessons*

📌 Allah has total control over all His creations

📌 Allah is the Protector and
Helper of the believers ‼️

📌 *When you put your trust in Allah, He will suffice you*‼️

📌 *When you have complete trust in Allah, you will defeat your enemies*‼️

📌 *True Believers must put their trust in Allah*‼️

📌 Disbelievers have no faith, therefore they do not put their trust in Allah

📌 The believers have the *Exceptional Mercy* of Allah(Raheem)

📌 Show kindness to the creations of Ar-Rahmaan.‼️

📌 *Never despair of the Mercy of Allah*‼️

“*Say, ˹O Prophet, that Allah says,˺ “O My servants who have exceeded the limits against their souls! Do not lose hope in Allah’s mercy, for Allah certainly forgives all sins. He is indeed the All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”*

Quran 39:53

If you despair of His Mercy,
*Who Else Can Help You*⁉️

*Ramadan 2024*
*Suratul Mulk*

07/04/2024

🌙🌙*Suratul Mulk Verse 28*🌙🌙

❓❓**Question 7: Who Else Can Help You ⁉️**❓❓

In the last 3 verses of this surah, the question would center on who the Helper is.

In verse 28 Allah says👇🏾

**“ Say: What do you think, if Allah causes me to die, and those who are with me, or He has mercy on us-then [in either case] who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?*

In explanation to this verse, Sheikh as-Sa’di said 👇🏾

💡 ```Because those who disbelieved in the Messenger(SAW) and rejected his call were waiting for him die, Allah instructed him to say to them: Even if your wishes come true, and Allah causes me and those with me to die, that will not benefit you in the slightest, because you have disbelieved in the signs of Allah and deserving of punishment; Who will protect you from a painful punishment that has become inevitable for you?

Therefore, your efforts and eagerness for my death of no benefits and are to no avail.
```

*Reference: Tafsir as-Sa’di*

✨🌟*Allah is Al- Hafeedh*(The preserver, The All-Heedful and All-Protecting🌟✨

🌺Al-Hafeedh is the One whose power preserves the heavens and the earth.

🌺He is the Guardian and Preserver of all the worlds.

🌺Al-Hafeedh, is heedful of all the actions that we perform by His knowledge

🌺 *He protects His slaves from all kinds of hardship and evil.*

✨🌟*Allah is An-Naseer*(The Helper🌟✨

🌺 An-Naseer is the One who helps and supports.

🌺He is the one who strengthens the believers and aid them against their enemies

🌺His help is the most perfect and appropriate

✨🌟*Allah is Ar-Raheem*( The Especially Merciful)🌟✨

🌺 Ar-Raheem is the Bestower of Mercy.

🌺 He is the Owner of Mercy that encompasses His Creation.

🌺Ar-Raheem is the One who bestows His continuous mercy on all of creation, and even more grace and greater rewards in response to the good deeds of the believers.

Reference: understandquran.com

💭*Reflection and Lessons*

📌 Allah has total control over all His creations

📌 Allah is the Protector and
Helper of the believers ‼️

📌 Allah’s help is most perfect and appropriate.

📌 When you help in the cause of An-Naseer, He will help you.

📌 The help of Allah will aid you to defeat any obstacles or challenges as long as you are not lazy and you have faith and hope in Him.

📌 There is no helper but Allah!

📌 Disbelievers have no protectors or helper.

📌 The believers have the *Exceptional Mercy* of Allah(Raheem)

📌 To recieve the special mercy of Ar-Raheem, obey Allah and His messenger, have taqwa and Ihsaan.

📌 Show kindness to the creations of Ar-Raheem.

📌 Don’t break the rope of kinship

📌Disbelievers will suffer great torment on the day of judgement

*Who Else Can Help You*⁉️

*Ramadan 2024*
*Suratul Mulk*

02/04/2024

🌙🌙*Suratul Mulk Verse 23*🌙🌙

❓❓**Question 5: Who Created You⁉️**❓❓

The next paragraph poses a question on the creation and fashioning of the creations.

In verse 23, Allah says👇🏾

**“ Say: It is He Who created you and given you hearing, sight and intellect. Little it is that you give thanks**

In explanation to this verse, Sheikh as-Sa’di said 👇🏾

💡 ```Here Allah says, explaining that He alone is deserving of worship and calling His slaves to give thanks to Him and worship Him alone.```

*“Say, It is He Who has created you”*

```That is, He has brought you into being from nothing, without any help or support.

When He brought you into being, He perfected your creation by giving you hearing, sight and intellect which are the most beneficial of physical faculties.```

💡```But despite these blessings, ```“*little it is that you give thanks”*
```to Allah. Those who are grateful are few among you, and gratitude is scarce among you.```
*Reference: *Tafsir as-Sa’di*

✨ *Allah is Al-Khaaliq (The Creator, The Maker)*✨

🌺*Al-Khaaliq is the One Who brings things into existence after their non-existence .*

🌺 *He is the One Who invents and innovates without a prior model. He then bestows upon them their characteristics of movement and other qualities.*.

🌺 *Al-Haadi is the One Who invents whatever the eyes can see and He perfects their creation according to His will and with knowledge of what will happen*

🌺 *Allah calls Himself Al-Khaaliq- The Creator, The Maker on 11 occasions in the Quran*

*“ He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner, to Him, belongs the best names”*
Quran 59:24

“ Say: Allah is the Creator of all things and He is the One the Prevailing.”
Quran 13:16

“ that is Allah, your Lord, Creator of all things; there is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded?
(Quran 40:62)

✨*Allah is Al- Musawwir ( The fashioner)*✨

🌹 Al-Musawwir is the One who is the Fashioner and Former of each and everything in all of creation.

🌹He is the One Who has given everything in creation a special inclination or desire and a special form and a special manner whereby it is.

Reference: understandquran.com

💭*Reflection and Lessons*

📌 Allah has total control over all His creations

📌 Reflect upon the signs of Allah

📌 We should live our life believing that *Al-Khaaliq* is the one who is able to create and have full trust in Him.

📌Be *thankful* for your creation.

📌Be happy and content with how Al- Musawwir shaped you!

📌Contemplate the power of your Lord while looking at all the different shapes and forms of the creations.

📌Do not use the gift of sight, hearing and intellect to disobey Allah!

📌Ask Allah that as He has perfected your creation, He should perfect your manners.

📌 *Do not call anyone a creator*

📌 Don’t fear the creation, *only fear the Creator*

🌻 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, *“ Whoever sought the pleasure of Allah though it was displeasing to the people then Allah becomes pleased with him, and will make the people pleased with him, and whoever sought the pleasure of a People, though it was displeasing to Allah, then Allah becomes displeased with him and will make the people displeased with him”*
[Ibn Hiban/Thirmidhi]

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2674

*Ramadan 2024*
*Suratul Mulk*

01/04/2024

🌙🌙*Suratul Mulk Verse 22*🌙🌙

❓❓**Question 4: Are Believers and Disbelievers Equal⁉️**❓❓

The next paragraph poses a question on equality between Believers and Disbelievers

In verse 22, Allah says👇🏾

**“ Is one who walks stumbling and falling on his face better guided, or one who walks up straight on the straight path?**

In explanation to this verse, Sheikh as-Sa’di said 👇🏾

💡 ```That is, which of the two men is more guided-the one who is wondering in misguidance, sinking in disbelief to the extent that he sees things to be the opposite of what they are, so that he regards truth as falsehood, and falsehood as truth, or the one who knows, the truth, gives precedence to it and act upon it by following the straight path in his words and deeds, and in all situations?```

💡*Simply looking at the situation of this two men, one will realise the difference between them and know which one is guided and which is misguided, for conduct is greater testimony than words.*

*Reference: *Tafsir as-Sa’di*

✨ *Allah is Al-Haadi(The Guide)*✨

🌺*Al-Haadi is the One Who is the source of guidance.*

🌺 *He is the One gives perfect guidance*.

🌺 *Al-Haadi is the One by Whom His believers are guided and by Whose general guidance all creatures are guided to what is beneficial to them.*

🌺 *He is the one who sent prophets and messengers to guide mankind, guides the senses and hearts and direct His servants to the Straight Path.*

🌺 *Al-Haadi is the Only True Guide by Whom the creatures are guided.*

🌺 *He created signs in the universe to guide us, such as the moon, as well as the spiritual guidance of hearts to the truth and the physical guidance of the senses we use to detect them.*

*“ And indeed, is Allah guide of those who have believed to a straight path.”*
Quran 22:54

Reference: understandquran.com

💭*Reflection and Lessons*

📌 Allah has total control over all His creations

📌 Reflect upon the signs of Allah

📌 Reach out to Al-Haadi and ask him with a sincere heart for guidance to all that is good for you in this life and the next.

📌Be thankful for your guidance.

📌Whenever you feel lost turn to Him only for guidance

📌 Do your best to invite others to the path of Islam

🌻Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, *“Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to those who follow him, without detracting from their rewards at all. Whoever calls to misguidance will have sin upon him similar to those who follow him, without detracting from their sins at all.”*

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2674

*Ramadan 2024*
*Suratul Mulk*

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